Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 16:07:19 -0500
From: "Paulo Eduardo Tuasca" 
Subject: s/styx/suite_madame_blue.tab

Styx: Suite Madame Blue
>From the album 
Copyright 1975
Music by Dennis DeYoung
Lyrics by Dennis DeYoung

Comments to Paulo E. Tuasca 

Previously transcribed by: Paul Holt and Dan Baderman

Verses:

Hint: Fret the "4", "3", and "2" on the low "E" string in measures 3 & 4
with your
thumb, while holding the remnants of the beginning Bm chord with your other
fingers.

    Bm                 Bm/A              G#m7-5            Gmaj7   F#
e||---------2-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------|
B||-------3---3-----|-------3---3-----|-------3---3-----|-------3-------2-|
G|4-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------3---|
D|4---4-----------4-|---4-----------4-|---4-----------4-|---4-------4-----|
A||-2---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-3-------2-------|

Pre-Chorus: (strum the chords hardly)

    Bm                Bm/A              G#m7-5            G       F#
e||-2---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-3-------2-------|
B||-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3-------2-------|
G|4-4---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-4-------3-------|
D|4-4---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-5-------4-------|
A||-2---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-5-------4-------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-3-------2-------|

Chorus:

All power chords, but there's a little riff played between the A and D:

e||-----------------|
B||-----------------|
G|4---------7-------|
D|4-7-------7-------|
A||-7--h-p--5-------|
E||-5-5-7-5---------|

Bm           A   G              A            Bm             A        G     A
Suite Madame Blue, gaze in your looking glass. You're not a child anymore.

Bm           A   G               A           D                    A
Suite Madame Blue, ....

D                A     D                  A          G
You made your own rules. You ...


Post Chorus:

Play the arpeggiated intro figure again slowly and ethereally.

Riff over Solo 1: (and over the Americaaaa, Americaaaa, Americaaaa,
Americaaaa part)

    B B               D       E          B B               D       G  A
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|4-----------------|-7-------9-------|-----------------|-7---------------|
D|4-9-9-------------|-7-------9-------|-9-9-------------|-7-------5--7----|
A||-9-9-------------|-5-------7-------|-9-9-------------|-5-------5--7----|
E||-7-7-------------|-----------------|-7-7-------------|---------3--5----|

Solo 1:

Make things distorted here, and add lots of vibrato on each note, then
you'll sound like him.

e||-----------------|-----------------|-7--7------------|-----------------|
B||-/121212121212\--|-------b--r------|--7--7-10--------|--b--r-----------|
G|4-----------------|----7-9-11-9~~---|---------9-7-9-7-|-9-11-9~~-9-7-9-7|
D|4-----------------|-/9--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


e||-----------------|-7--7------------|----------h---7~-|-----------------|
B||--b--r-----------|--7--7-10--------|--b--r---7-10----|-/121212121212\--|
G|4-9-11-9-7--------|---------9-7-9-7-|-9-11-9~~--------|-----------------|
D|4---------9\\~~~~~|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                                              b  r   p
e||-----------------|--------------p--|-------p----10-7-|-15-17--15-12--12-|
B||-------b--r------|------b--r--10-7-|---7-10-7-7------|-------------15---|
G|4----7-9-11-9~~---|---7-9-11-7------|-9---------------|------------------|
D|4-/9--------------|-9---------------|-----------------|------------------|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

                            b  r    p
e||---p-------------|---7-10-12-7-10-7|----7--p---------|------------------|
B||-15-12----15-12~-|-10--------------|-10--10-7-----7--|------------------|
G|4-------14--------|-----------------|----------9-7--7-|------------------|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-9-7-9\-----------|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

Americaaaa, Americaaaa, Americaaaa, Americaaaa Part:

Play the power chords as told before, and at the end of the hole thing, play
this
(at the end of the hammer on, each note is struck many times and with lots
of vibrato)

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A||--h--------------|--h--------------|--h--------------|---h--------------|
E||-5-7-------------|-7-9-------------|-9-10------------|-10-12------------|

e||-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|
G|4-----------------|-----------------|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|
A||---h----h----h---|---h-------------|
E||-1214-1415-1517--|-1719-19~--------|

Then go to the second Chorus.

Solo 2:

e||---b--r----------|---p----p--------|-----------------|------------------|
B||-10-12-10-~------|-10-7-10-7-b--r--|--b--r----h----7-|------------------|
G|4-----------------|----------9-11-9-|-9-11-9~-7-9-7---|-9-7--------------|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----9-------4-----|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------7-5-|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|4o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|
D|4o----------------|---4-5-4---------|-4---------------|-----------------o|
A||------4-5-7------|-7---------------|---7-5-7---------|-7\---------------|
E||-7--7------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

e||-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-5---------------|
G|4-----------------|-4---------------|
D|4-----------------|-4---------------|
A||-7---5---4\--(2)-|-2---------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|

Tablature Explanation:
NT   = Nashville Tuning is when the low E, A, D & G strings are replaced
with
       lighter gauge strings and tuned one octave higher than normal.
|    = bar separating measures
~    = vibrato
x    = percussive note with no pitch; muted note
.    = staccato; mute the note immediately after striking it
h    = hammer
p    = pull
s    = slide (used when \ or / don't fit)
^    = bend string up to indicated pitch/fret shown in parenthesis ()
r    = release bend (string/fret may be indicated)
t    = fret board tap (not many of these with Rush)
/    = slide up
\    = slide down
x/   = pick slide up
x\   = pick slide down
  = natural harmonic (lightly touch the string at fret indicated)
[5]  = artificial harmonic (use thumb to follow through the pick attack)
(5)  = note sustained from previous measure
o    =\ repeat sign
o    =/
DC   = "Da capo" - means "from the head", when you see these initials
        you go back to the beginning of the piece of music.
DS   = "Dal segno" - means "from the sign", go back in the tabulature
        only as far as the (%) sign.
Coda = A passage at the end of a movement or composition that brings
       it to a formal close.
Al
Coda = means "to the tail", tells you that you must go to the end
          section which starts with the Coda sign (+).
RF   = repeat and fade
rit  = "ritardando" - Gradually slowing in tempo; retarding.

Other pertinent information:
  Tuning:  Standard [EADGBe].
  Key signature:  D
  Effects:
  Chord Chart Below for major chords

Tablature Format:

This Tablature is based on the format indicated below.

  1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4